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Former MLB Gold Glove outfielder Kole Calhoun criticized the Trump administration on Monday following the Border Patrol-involved shooting in Minnesota over the weekend.
Calhoun wrote a lengthy statement on his Instagram Stories, beginning with his claim that Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis man who was shot and killed Saturday, was “directly murdered.”
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Los Angeles Angels right fielder Kole Calhoun (56) runs around the bases after hitting a solo home run against the Boston Red Sox during the eighth inning at Fenway Park on August 11, 2019. (Brian Fluharty/USA TODAY Sports)
He then recalled his days as a player for the Los Angeles Angels, Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers and Cleveland Guardians and how he played with teammates from different backgrounds and was delighted to see that some of them were able to send money back to their home countries to help their families buy homes.
The 38-year-old Arizona native said he often sat in the middle of political discourse and tried to stay out of the conversation for the most part. But that was until the latest shooting involving federal agents occurred.
“The America we live in now could not be more divided, but this is a turning point,” he said. “The images and videos from Minnesota are alarming on every front, in that the foundation on which this country was built and our core values as a society are under attack. There is (a) right way to do things and a wrong way and the tactics that are displayed for the world to see, the ones designed to create fear and intimidate the recruits of this administration, are the wrong way.
Texas Rangers left fielder Kole Calhoun (56) throws the ball into the infield during the sixth inning against the Seattle Mariners at Globe Life Field on July 16, 2022. (Jerome Miron/USA TODAY Sports)
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“What this administration is doing on immigration is blatantly racist, targeting people based on the color of their skin or the sound of their last name. There is a much more civilized way to do it that involves working alongside state officials who oppose inserting the administration’s will into a state whose citizens have stood up for their neighbors and said this is not right.
“I have been silent because it is easy. But silence is a privilege and silence is complicit. Standing up and speaking for what you believe in takes courage. I don’t care what side you are on or who you voted for, this is wrong. This is wrong and it is imposing the basic freedoms we have in the country. Wake up! Speak!”
In the wake of the shooting, Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, the face of the Trump administration’s campaign to arrest and deport criminal illegal immigrants, will leave Minnesota, along with some border agents, amid violent, and sometimes deadly, clashes between federal authorities and anti-ICE agitators.
Bovino and an unspecified number of U.S. Border Patrol agents will leave the state on Tuesday, multiple federal sources told Pak Gazette.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent raises a finger moments after detaining a man during an immigration raid, days after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 18, 2026. (Leah Millis/Reuters)
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President Donald Trump said early Monday that he spoke with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey about the shooting.
